[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/mellow/)

[dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [M](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/m/) / mellow

# mellow

adjective (mellow, mellower, mellowest); verb (mellows, mellowed, mellowing)

«mellow» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Mellow means soft, warm and rich, for light, colour or sound. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mellow/#m1)
2. Mellow means calm, relaxed and gentle in mood; a person can become mellow with age. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mellow/#m2)
3. (verb) To mellow is to become softer, warmer or calmer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mellow/#m3)

### In the lessons

a soft, warm light or colour in a story, often used to show a peaceful or sad scene

### Examples

- The mellow light of the sunset fell on the hill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mellow/#x1)
- The music sounded warm and mellow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mellow/#x2)
- With age, the old king grew mellow and kind. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mellow/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «mellow» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mellow/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«mellow» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/mellow.html) on Mova free.